Annals of medical history . beneath the secret placesof the holy earth on thick-wooded MountAegeum. This cave, fabled to lie in the mountaincrag of Dicta or on Mount Ida, near Knossoshas since been found. At the mouth of theIdsean cave is a colossal rock-hewn altar;in the bottom of the Dictaean cave, a stea-tite libation table was InHomer, Minos, the son of Zeus, is repre-sented as holding converse with his fatherat this Cretan cave every nine Inhis investigations of the Minoan civilizationin the palace at Knossos (1903), Sir Ait Inn (alienatio mentis) in which the soul
Annals of medical history . beneath the secret placesof the holy earth on thick-wooded MountAegeum. This cave, fabled to lie in the mountaincrag of Dicta or on Mount Ida, near Knossoshas since been found. At the mouth of theIdsean cave is a colossal rock-hewn altar;in the bottom of the Dictaean cave, a stea-tite libation table was InHomer, Minos, the son of Zeus, is repre-sented as holding converse with his fatherat this Cretan cave every nine Inhis investigations of the Minoan civilizationin the palace at Knossos (1903), Sir Ait Inn (alienatio mentis) in which the soul left the body toidentify itself with godhead, thus conferring the power to predict the future, interpret the past, per-form cathartic rites, banish demons and checkepidemic diseases. Of these seers, Epimenides I (irtc, who abode in the cave of Dictaan ZeUS ii many years, to emerge as prophet, cathart- ist and he&Ier, was the archetype. Rohde, II, 89 00. Greek Cult of the Dead and Chthonian Deities in Ancient Medicine 39. Painted terra-cotta pillars, surmounted bydoves, from sanctuary of dove goddess in thepalace at Knossos. Each column is a separatereligious entity (uranic or celestial aspect). Inthe Minoan Age, objects of worship were usuallyaniconic, as a rule trees, large stones or columnsof stone. (See, Sir Arthur Evans: MycenaeanTree and Pillar Cult, London, 1901).
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